The Tolar Express

I posted about the explosion at Tolar, back in '44, but just the story and the historical marker, which is a couple of miles from the actual event. This time we took a look at the remains of the town itself. There isn't much left, according to the New Mexico Historical Encyclopedia, "... every building in Tolar was damaged by shrapnel, and several of them were destroyed completely." Like so many little towns in the region, it was already obsolete and, I imagine, most of the residents took their settlements and beat a path to greener pastures.